---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TJX"
cik: "0000109198"
company_name: "TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:16:38.694627+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TJX Q3 FY22 EPS $0.84 (+24% vs FY20); raises FY22 buyback to $1.75-2.0B

## Summary
- Net sales of $12.5B, +20% vs Q3 FY20; overall open-only comp store sales +14% vs Q3 FY20.
- Diluted EPS $0.84, up 24% from $0.68 in Q3 FY20; pretax profit margin 11.0%, up 0.3pp.
- Returned $1.1B to shareholders in Q3; increased FY22 buyback plan to $1.75-2.0B (up $500M).
- Q4 start: overall open-only comp sales up mid-teens vs Q4 FY20; no formal guidance provided.
- Inventory $6.6B, positioned for holiday; incremental freight expense of 1.6pp weighed on margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001427
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TJX
- cik: 0000109198
- company_name: TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000115752321001427/0001157523-21-001427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000115752321001427/a52532735.htm

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